Raisin UK, an online savings marketplace, has joined forces with Starling Bank, a digital, mobile-only challenger bank, to give UK’s savers better access to attractive interest rates.
Under a new strategic partnership between the two companies, all new customers of Raisin UK will benefit from Starling Bank’s state-of-the-art account opening and transaction processing API infrastructure from September 2018.
Raisin UK launched earlier this year to offer consumers a streamlined solution for finding, purchasing and managing a range of savings products. The partnership will enable the company to further build on the range of solutions it offers savers and to expand the network of partner banks that participate in the marketplace.
The service integration is seamless for the consumer and delivers open banking advantages to Raisin UK customers, so they can share their banking data with trusted third parties offering the best savings rates.
The strategic partnership will, over time, also enable existing Starling customers to benefit from Raisin UK partner bank offers through Starling’s own marketplace.
Raisin UK CEO Kevin Mountford said: “The Raisin UK marketplace has really struck a chord with consumers since launching just a few months ago. We are now working with 5 partner banks and have already welcomed several thousand new customers to the marketplace.
“Moving forward, we aim to expand our partner bank network and also offer consumers a broader array of savings products. The partnership with Starling will greatly facilitate this growth.”
Starling Bank CEO Anne Boden said: “Our Banking as a Platform proposition has been designed and built to provide a new way to deliver bank accounts and access to payments. Our first client, Raisin, a disruptor in the European savings market, utilises our service bank accounts and payment processing capabilities.”
Source: Company Press Release